Venture CapitalOverviewVenture capital (VC) investors need lawyers who understand not only the law and the financial business, but also the fast-changing world of emerging and high-growth companies. Michael Best has worked with hundreds of start-ups and investors across the country, including individual VC and angel investors, venture and private equity funds, and financial institutions.
Our Venture Capital team includes attorneys who are also investors and entrepreneurs, giving us firsthand insight into effective strategies for finding the right investment partners, structuring deals, and achieving growth objectives. Through our extensive network of contacts, we are often able to help match up investors with entrepreneurs who meet their investment goals and criteria — a significant value-added service.
We represent venture capital and angel investors in various aspects of their activities, from initial seed rounds to later-stage investments and portfolio management, including:
- Fund formation
- Post-formation development and growth of funds
- Business formation, capitalization, and financing strategies
- Negotiation of financing terms and drafting of all related documentation
- Equity and material transfer agreements
- Documenting minority investments into portfolio companies (investment agreements, subordinated debt or preferred equity purchase agreements)
- SBA requirements for VC funds that qualify as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) or Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company (MESBIC)
- Corporate structure, governance, and control of start-ups
In addition, through our Venture Best® practice group, we provide ongoing advice and litigation representation to portfolio companies. We’ve worked with start-ups and growth companies in virtually every industry, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, information technology, clean tech, electronics, and other high-tech sectors. Our Venture Capital and Venture Best teams are backed by more than 200 Michael Best lawyers with a wide range of skills and experience in matters such as corporate, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property, and tax issues. Related People Preview Attorney's BiographyClients across multiple industries turn to Michael to coordinate their more complex business transactions. They value his quick assessment of issues and their implications, as well as his creative yet effective solutions to the many issues that arise during the course of a transaction.Michael’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, buyout transactions, securities regulation, and venture capital investment transactions.  Preview Attorney's BiographyAs senior counsel, Josh advises clients in all realms of corporate law, including federal and state securities law compliance, the formation and financing of start-up businesses, and mergers and acquisitions.  Preview Attorney's BiographyDan is an approachable, energetic, and trusted associate with a practice focusing on general business and other corporate matters. Dan counsels corporate clients of all sizes and brings a broad range of experience to his practice in corporate law, including corporate planning and formation, commercial contracting and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and angel fundraising.  Preview Attorney's BiographyBob has participated in hundreds of transactions during the course of more than 30 years’ experience in his practice, advising closely held and family-owned U.S. and European (German, Swiss, Polish) clients involved in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital financings, and other significate business events.  Preview Attorney's BiographyPaul draws on his extensive business experience as a successful serial venture capital-backed entrepreneur, investor, and angel investor to represent emerging technology and life sciences companies, and venture capital firms in financing and other strategic transactions and general corporate matters.  Preview Attorney's BiographyGreg Lynch is a partner in the firm’s Transactional Practice Group and Energy Industry Group. He also is the Co-Founder of the firm’s Venture BestTM venture practice. His principal experience includes early-stage company formation, angel and venture capital financing, public and private placement of securities, stock option and equity incentive plans, and more.  Preview Attorney's BiographyVince represents clients involved in sophisticated transactions, including commercial lending; business planning and formation; and mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.  Preview Attorney's BiographyPlymouth is known for his attention to detail and unflagging commitment to his clients’ business goals. He approaches each project with the mindset of a business partner to expand the IP value of the product or product line while also closely working with engineers and staff to understand the nuts and bolts of the client’s technology. These qualities make him particularly successful in drafting and prosecuting patent applications directed to such items as compressors, pumps, electric motors, agricultural equipment, automotive fuel, and more.  Preview Attorney's BiographyAaron focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law, from counseling clients as they acquire IP assets to defending against competitor claims. He brings both experience and creative thinking to matters such as obtaining patent protection for and enforcement of IP assets, both in the United States and globally, licensing client technology, including preparation and negotiation of agreements to advance business strategies and protect interests.
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